# The glass has extra capacity **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307 "2009-01-21T15:44:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/21 "2009-01-21T18:36:03Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > The bottommost half-glass is full. The uppermost half-glass is in need of filling. You can reverse that situation by turning the glass upside-down. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/22 "2009-01-21T19:15:16Z")
If a half full glass falls over in the woods and no one is there to see it - does it still spill? ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/23 "2009-01-21T20:00:14Z")
My glass is plastic. ---
**Author:** ![Humble\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/24 "2009-01-21T22:15:26Z")
The glass complement has been rationalized. Would you like fries with that? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/25 "2009-01-21T22:19:55Z")
If my glass is half full when it is spilled, then it becomes empty and needs a refill. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/26 "2009-01-21T22:29:05Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > If my glass is half full when it is spilled, then it becomes empty and needs a refill. If my glass is half empty when it is spilled, then it half doesn’t spill. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/27 "2009-01-21T22:44:20Z")
Schrödinger’s glass is simultaneously full and empty. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/28 "2009-01-21T23:04:26Z")
You can’t simultaneously know how full Heisenbergs’s glass is and what he’s drinking. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/29 "2009-01-21T23:20:40Z")
My cup runneth over. ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/30 "2009-01-21T23:37:02Z")
Your cup runneth over my dog ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/31 "2009-01-21T23:46:53Z")
I’ve got two glasses; one for each of ya. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/32 "2009-01-22T00:19:23Z")
Make my double a triple. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/33 "2009-01-22T00:55:42Z")
Glass? I don’t need no steenkin’ glass! Is it really glass? Or just a matrix of energy that, until rotated, prevents another matrix of energy from following curved space-time? ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/34 "2009-01-22T00:58:23Z")
Your ass is glass. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/35 "2009-01-22T01:17:34Z")
I keep half my water in a redundant glass. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/36 "2009-01-22T01:59:49Z")
If it’s one of my glasses, my klepto friend Maria probably stole it on the way out from one of my parties! I miss more glasses that way. ---
**Author:** ![Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Picard_Kills_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/37 "2009-01-22T02:22:18Z")
Chuck Norris doesn’t need a glass. ETA: I hate myself. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/38 "2009-01-22T02:25:38Z")
In soviet Russia, glass philosophises you. ---
**Author:** ![Jaglavak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jaglavak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaglavak)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/39 "2009-01-22T02:46:18Z")
All your glass are belong to… Ow! Hey! Quiddit!! OW!!! GERROFF!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glass-has-extra-capacity/482307/40 "2009-01-22T02:52:29Z")
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